Trumbo
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 -
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Jermyn Street Theatre, 16b Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, SW1Y 6ST
Theatre: , Thriller
How Much:
£17.00 (Tickets)
, £14.00 (Concessions)
Corin Redgrave, one of British theatre's most cherished, slums it at the Jermyn playing the lead in this witty political drama set in Hollywood at the height of McCarthysim.
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was already a legendary screenwriter when the House Un-American Activities Committee, led by senator Joe McCarthy, began hunting reds in the ranks of Hollywood, and encouraging artists and writers to denounce each other. The author of such films as Roman Holiday and Spartacus made a characteristic decision to stand up to Congress for his left-wing, egalitarian beliefs. And why not.
Sparkling with wit and genuinely tense, this dramatisation pieced together by Trumbo's son has been a fringe hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was already a legendary screenwriter when the House Un-American Activities Committee, led by senator Joe McCarthy, began hunting reds in the ranks of Hollywood, and encouraging artists and writers to denounce each other. The author of such films as Roman Holiday and Spartacus made a characteristic decision to stand up to Congress for his left-wing, egalitarian beliefs. And why not.
Sparkling with wit and genuinely tense, this dramatisation pieced together by Trumbo's son has been a fringe hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
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